Mapping with sf

dc_loc <- geocode("Washington, D.C.")

## Source : https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=Washington,+D.C.&key=xxx-EvQ

dc_map <- qmap(c(lon=dc_loc$lon, lat=dc_loc$lat), source="google", zoom=12)

## Source : https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=38.907192,-77.036871&zoom=12&size=640x640&scale=2&maptype=terrain&language=en-EN&key=xxx-EvQ

dc_map

ph_loc <- geocode("Philadelphia")

## Source : https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=Philadelphia&key=xxx-EvQ

ph_map <- qmap(c(lon=ph_loc$lon, lat=ph_loc$lat), source="google", zoom=12)

## Source : https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=39.952584,-75.165222&zoom=12&size=640x640&scale=2&maptype=terrain&language=en-EN&key=xxx-EvQ

ph_map

ny_loc <- geocode("New York")

## Source : https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=New+York&key=xxx-EvQ

ny_map <- qmap(c(lon=ny_loc$lon, lat=ny_loc$lat), source="google", zoom=12)

## Source : https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=40.712775,-74.005973&zoom=12&size=640x640&scale=2&maptype=terrain&language=en-EN&key=xxx-EvQ

ny_map

# lv_loc <- geocode("Clark County, N.V.")
# lv_map <- qmap(c(lon=lv_loc$lon, lat=lv_loc$lat), source="google", zoom=12)
# lv_map

world <- ne_countries(scale = "medium", returnclass = "sf")
class(world)

## [1] "sf"         "data.frame"

ggplot(data = world) +
    geom_sf(color = "black", fill = "lightgreen") +
    xlab("Longitude") + ylab("Latitude") +
    ggtitle("World map", subtitle = paste0("(", length(unique(world$NAME)), " countries)"))

ggplot(data = world) +
    geom_sf(aes(fill = pop_est)) +
    scale_fill_viridis_c(option = "plasma", trans = "sqrt")

world_points<- st_centroid(world)
world_points <- cbind(world, st_coordinates(st_centroid(world$geometry)))

sites <- data.frame(longitude = c(-80.144005, -80.109), latitude = c(26.479005, 26.83))
sites <- st_as_sf(sites, coords = c("longitude", "latitude"), crs = 4326, agr = "constant")

ggplot(data = world) + 
  geom_sf(fill= "antiquewhite") + 
  geom_sf(data = sites, size = 4, shape = 23, fill = "darkred") + 
  geom_text(data= world_points,aes(x=X, y=Y, label=name),
              color = "darkblue", fontface = "bold", check_overlap = FALSE) + 
  annotate(geom = "text", x = -90, y = 26, label = "Gulf of Mexico", 
           fontface = "italic", color = "grey22", size = 6) + 
  annotation_scale(location = "bl", width_hint = 0.5) + 
  annotation_north_arrow(location = "bl", which_north = "true", 
                         pad_x = unit(0.75, "in"), pad_y = unit(0.5, "in"),
                         style = north_arrow_fancy_orienteering) + 
  coord_sf(xlim = c(-102.15, -74.12), ylim = c(7.65, 33.97), expand = FALSE) + 
  xlab("Longitude") +
  ylab("Latitude") + 
  ggtitle("Map of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea") + 
  theme(panel.grid.major = element_line(color = gray(.5), linetype = "dashed", size = 0.5),
        panel.background = element_rect(fill = "aliceblue"))

## Scale on map varies by more than 10%, scale bar may be inaccurate